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To fulfill Gametime’s mission of uniting the world through shared experiences, we make it easy for people to discover and access the live experiences that matter most.\nWith platforms on iOS, Android, mobile web and desktop supporting more than 60,000 events across the US and Canada, we are reimagining the event ticket industry in order to move at the speed of life.\nThe Role\nGametime’s Fan Experience team owns how fans discover, decide on, and purchase tickets on the demand side of our marketplace - the core experience for millions of ticket buyers across iOS, Android, mobile web, and desktop. This Engineering Manager will lead a team of full-stack and front-end engineers building the features and value propositions that define how fans experience Gametime, partnering day-to-day with a dedicated Product Manager and Designer to move quickly from idea to production.\nThis is a hands-on role. You’ll spend real time on the keyboard alongside your team, and you’ll set the standard for how the team uses frontier models, AI coding tools, and new harnesses to generate, review, test, and monitor code - raising both velocity and quality as the bar for what’s possible keeps moving. This role reports to the VP of Product.\nWhat You’ll Do\nHands-on leadership: spend a meaningful share of your time actually coding alongside the team - you lead from the front, not just from the roadmap\nAI-forward engineering: set the standard for how your team uses frontier models, AI coding agents/harnesses, and new tooling to generate, review, test, and monitor code - the primary lever for increasing velocity and quality (i.e. fewer bugs, more stable services, cohesive system architecture) together, not as a trade-off\nCross-functional partnership: partner closely, day-to-day, with a dedicated PM and Designer as a trio; bring a real point of view on what the product and features should be, not just how to build them\nVelocity investment: partner with product to identify and invest in what will let the team move faster over time - tooling, domain foundation design, tech debt paydown, and better use of AI in the development loop\nRisk partnership: partner with product to surface the risks in what’s being proposed, and bring concrete recommendations and proposals for how to mitigate and eliminate those risks over time\nDelivery: own the engineering roadmap and execution plan for your area, balancing speed, quality, and technical debt\nMentorship and talent bar: mentor engineers toward their next career level, hold a high talent bar for hiring and performance on your team, and help level up talent on other teams too\nCross-team technical leadership: partner with engineering leads and counterparts on other teams to improve the marketplace more broadly, technically, over time\nA team and roadmap tied directly to fan-facing feature velocity, quality, and business outcomes on the demand side of our marketplace\nWhat You’ll Bring\nA hands-on engineering manager - comfortable spending real time writing and reviewing code alongside your team, not just directing from above\nDirect experience using frontier models, AI coding agents/harnesses, and modern tooling to meaningfully improve engineering velocity and quality, and a point of view on where this is headed\nA track record of shipping consumer-facing product features that moved measurable business outcomes\nStrong cross-functional partnership skills - comfortable operating as a true peer to Product and Design, with your own opinions on what should be built, not just executing their specs\nExperience managing full-stack and/or front-end engineering teams, with meaningfulpeople-management experience (typically 5+ years in engineering, including several as a manager)\n\nFamiliarity with SQL/analytics to diagnose funnel and feature performance\nExperience leading full-stack teams with end-to-end ownership of consumer-facing web and mobile products, backend services, and APIs in a high-traffic marketplace or e-commerce environment.\nStrong understanding of modern front-end stacks (e.g., React and React Native), backend services, APIs, and full-stack architecture, with the technical depth to lead teams across the stack.\nExperience partnering with Product and Design in a fast-moving, iterative environment (feature flags, A/B testing, rapid experimentation)\nA data-driven approach to prioritization and technical trade-offs\nNice to Have\nExperience in consumer marketplaces or high-intent, high-conversion consumer apps\nA track record of building or championing internal tooling/platform investments that compoundedteam velocity over time\n\nWhat We Offer\nFlexible PTO\nCompetitive salary & equity package\nMonthly Gametime credits for any event ($1,200/yr)\nMedical, dental, & vision insurance\nLife insurance and disability benefits\nDiverse Family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility\n401k, HSA, pre-tax savings programs\nCompany off-sites and meet-ups\nWellness programs\nTenure recognition\nAt Gametime pay ranges are subject to change and assigned to a job based on specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget.\nUnited States - Pay Range\n$230,965—$271,723 USD\nGametime is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, sex, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. 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